English for Lawyers - Introduction JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská Syllabus 1.Introduction 2.Syllabus 3.Study materials 4.Credit test, attendance

Introduction JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská Department of Private and European Law, room no. 234 Consultations – Tuesday – JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

Introduction Other languages – German, French, Spanish… Seminars, visiting foreign professors Socrates/Erasmus Virtuální jazyková studovna Právnická fakulta – Mezinárodní spolupráce spoluprace/– spoluprace/ Masarykova univerzita JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

Syllabus What is law, prescriptive and descriptive law, customs and laws , Sources of modern law,common law systems, continental systems , Civil and public law, main categories – Judicial institutions, English courts – Lawyers at work, education, range of work, legalese Credit test Evaluation of the semestr JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

Study materials - compulsory Interactive syllabi, study materials Texts, Vocabulary, Tests, Scans – Law Today Chromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English. Volume I. Univerzita Karlova, 2007 Chromá, Marta. New introduction to legal English. Volume II. Univerzita Karlova, 2007 Chromá, Marta. English-Czech law dictionary. Leda, Chromá, Marta. Czech -English law dictionary. Leda, JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

Study materials - optional Powell, Richard. Law today. 1. ed. Harlow : Longman, 1993 Krois-Lindner, Amy – Firth, Matt. Introduction to International Legal English. CUP, Black, Henry Campbell. Blackův právnický slovník. Praha : Victoria Publishing, JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

Study materials Dictionaries Chromá. English-Czech law dictionary, Czech -English law dictionary Macmillian. English Disctionar Online dictionaries – interactive tool JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

Credit test, attendance translations Czech – English 2.10 translations English – Czech 3.3 definitions of legal terms 4.2 open questions Attendance –1 JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

Optional Optional points Presentations „homeworks“ JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

What is law? „If you like laws and sausages, you should never watch either one being made.“ Otto von Bismarck „The law is what it is – a majestic edifice, sheltering all of us, each stone of which rests on another.“ John Gallsworthy „Wherever the law ends, tyranny begins.“ John Locke JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

What is law? „There is no jewel in the world comparable to learning, no learning so excellent as knowledge of laws.“ sir Edward Coke „We must not make a scarecrow of the law. Setting it up to fear the birds of prey and let it keep one shape ‘till custom make it their perch and not their terror.“ William Shakespeare JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

What is law? „Let all the laws be clear, uniform and precise. To interpret laws is almost always to corrupt them.“ Voltaire „Morality cannot be lagislated but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.“ Martin Luther King “Law cannot persuade where it cannot punish.“ Thomas Fuller JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

Law and Lawyers William Shakespeare, Henry VI, part 2: „First thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers.“ JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

Introduction to Legal English Write down any English word connected to law (e.g. legal, judge, attorney… ) and try to explain. Think about: Legal profession Legal expressions, terms in general Different types of law Faculty, university „Legal“ movies, series JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská

Introduction to legal English Adjective + noun Noun + nounAdjective + noun Verb + nounNoun of noun … lawlaw …legal …… law… of law Civil lawLaw enforcement Legal termApply lawRole of law Tereza Kyselovská16

Homework Powell. Law Today Introduction to legal English, 1 What is law?, pp Chromá I– Unit 1 Interactive tool – 1 What is law? – vocabulary, tests Filling in JUDr. Tereza Kyselovská